🩺 FREE DOWNLOAD! Get my complete Prioritization Principles Cheat Sheet to help you ace your nursing exams and the NCLEX®! 👉 ▶️ MUST-KNOW NCLEX® Question Strategies 👉 💉 NursingSOS Membership Community 1,000+ step-by-step nursing lectures, plus ALL of my cheat sheets and study guides to help you pass nursing school (without the stress and overwhelm). 👉 🛒 Check out my flashcard packs! Packed with must-know NCLEX® points, key critical thinking points, and fun memory tricks to help you learn things faster and easier in nursing school! 👉 --- Are you struggling with prioritization questions on your nursing exams (and worried about how the NCLEX® will go?) This video breaks down the 7 must-know prioritization principles to help you pick the right answers on your exams so you can pass! 🧠 MEMORY TRICKS: "ABCs are Always Before Comfort" Airway, breathing, and circulation always come before pain control and comfort measures "ACUTE" for Priority Assessment Signs: Absent or diminished breath sounds, Chest tightness and critical changes, Use of accessory muscles and unstable vitals, Tachypnea and tachycardia, Expiratory issues and emergency situations "When in Doubt, Think: What Could Kill My Patient Fastest?" This question will almost always guide you to the right priority 💡 HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: - The complete ABCDE framework (Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure) - How to use Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs for prioritization - The 4 nursing process rules you need to know for the NCLEX® - 4 quick prioritization rules: acute vs. chronic, unstable vs. stable, systemic vs. local, actual vs. potential problems - How to spot "priority trigger words" on exam questions (sudden, acute, severe, change in) - Why sometimes a "D" problem is actually signaling an "A," "B," or "C" problem - Complete NCLEX® practice question walkthrough with detailed rationale 🚨 NCLEX® KEY POINTS: - Safety always comes first! The NCLEX® is testing if you can be trusted to keep patients safe - Physiological needs almost always trump psychosocial needs - Assessment comes before any nursing intervention - Think of the NCLEX® as a perfect world with unlimited time and resources - Words like "sudden," "acute," "severe," or "change in" are your priority trigger words --- OTHER VIDEOS TO HELP YOU PASS: How To Ace Dose Calc: The Best Pharm Hack (You've Never Heard Before): My TOP Study Tips: --- LEGAL DISCLAIMER: We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to and affiliated sites. These videos are intended for entertainment purposes only. Although we strive for 100% accuracy in all of our videos, errors may occur. Never treat a patient or make a nursing or medical decision based on the information provided on this channel or in our videos. Never practice nursing or medicine unless you have a proper license to do so. Keywords: nursing prioritization, NCLEX prioritization questions, ABC nursing assessment, Maslow's hierarchy nursing, nursing process NCLEX, prioritization principles nursing, nursing exam strategies, NCLEX safety questions, acute vs chronic nursing, nursing critical thinking, NCLEX tips, nursing school prioritization, patient assessment nursing, nursing exam questions #nursingprioritization #nclexprep #nursingschool #nclexquestions #abcassessment #maslowshierarchy #nursingprocess #criticalthinking #nursingeducation #nclextips #nursingexams #patientsafety #nursingstrategies